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'My Principles or My Honor'
The Passing of My Friend, Host and Patron, James "Jim" Frederick
© 2017 James LaFond
DEC/17/17
Erique and I made that solemn visit to the funeral home to pay our respects to the memory of the man who introduced us.
Erique was overcome with a sense of thanks for getting a foothold into reactionary masculine life, I of guilt, for walking out on the man who gave me a place to train, free-of-charge, for 9 years.
One wonders—where did he go?
Is he erased, as secularists believe?
Has he transformed somehow?
Is he suffering damnation and torments for teaching kempo rather than attending church?
I can scarcely do more than hope than he's better off now than suffering the torments that took him.
RIP
James R. Frederick
April 14. 1962
December 10, 2017
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Manny     Dec 17, 2017

I think God is as present in Kempo as in church. May he hold your friend close and give him rest.
Mescaline Franklin     Dec 18, 2017

Seemed like a decent guy. Trained at that place more than a few times and it had true diversity of focus. I remember the slogans on the wall instilling honor and principles in the young people training there.

My regards.
Sam Finlay     Dec 18, 2017

Sorry to hear about the passing of your friend, James. Sounded like a hell of a man.
James     Dec 19, 2017

Jim was a good guy.

He didn't sell out and do kids karate day care.

In the end what he set up was a refugee camp for commercially none-viable combat arts.
Charles Meisling     Dec 20, 2017

A kind and generous man. I will not soon forget him.
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